What’s changing We’re introducing stronger safeguards for sensitive actions taken in your Google Workspace account. These apply to actions that, when done by hijackers, can have far reaching consequences for the account owner or the organization i…
Improving data privacy with Client-side encryption for Google Meet
What’s changing We are adding Workspace Client-side encryption to Google Meet, giving customers increased control over their data. Meet already encrypts all of your data at rest and in transit between our facilities — client-side encryption gives …
Assignments audit data now available in the Admin console
Quick summary Google Workspace for Education admins can now view Assignments data in their audit logs. Using this data, admins can find and act on Assignments related events such as who removed a student from a video call, when assignment files we…
Migrate unmanaged accounts to your domain using new “UserInvitation” API functionality
What’s changing We’re introducing new API functionality which allows you to automate the process of finding conflicting accounts and inviting them to join your organization. Who’s impacted Admins, end users, and developers Why you’…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – July 22, 2022
New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not, each…
Control access to experimental Google Workspace apps with a new admin setting
What’s changing Admins can use the new Experimental Apps Control setting to grant or deny their users access to emerging or experimental Google applications and whether those applications can access core service data. Who’s impacted Admi…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – July 15, 2022
New updates There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements. Previous announcementsThe announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to th…
Trust rules for Google Drive are now available in open beta
What’s changing In 2021 we announced a closed beta for trust rules in Google Drive, which gives admins more control over how files can be shared, both within and outside of their organization. Beginning today, this feature will be available as an …
Add data loss prevention to Google Chat, now available as an open beta
What’s changingFor select Google Workspace editions, admins can establish data loss prevention (DLP) rules for Google Chat that can help protect sensitive data from getting to unauthorized users. This feature is now available as an open beta, which mea…
Sync Apple DEP and Google Mobile Device Management servers on demand
Quick summary For select Google Workspace editions, admin can now trigger an on demand sync between Apple DEP and Google Mobile Device Management (MDM) servers for company owned devices. Additionally, they will also be able to see when this sync w…